• An object with the spectral type T (also called T dwarf or methane brown dwarf) is either a brown dwarf or young free-floating planetary-mass object. A...
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    temperature, and brown dwarfs occupy types M (2100–3500 K), L (1300–2100 K), T (600–1300 K), and Y (< 600 K). As brown dwarfs do not undergo stable hydrogen...
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  • colder than T-dwarfs. Y-dwarfs have a similar spectrum when compared to the giant planet Jupiter. When the spectral classes of L dwarfs and T dwarfs were defined...
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    Epsilon Indi (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    two brown dwarfs, ε Indi Ba and ε Indi Bb, in a wide orbit around it. The brown dwarfs were discovered in 2003. ε Indi Ba is an early T dwarf (T1) and...
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    Red Dwarf is a British science fiction comedy programme created by Rob Grant and Doug Naylor, consisting of a sitcom that aired on BBC Two between 1988...
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    Nine likeliest dwarf planets and dates of discovery A dwarf planet is a small planetary-mass object that is in direct orbit around the Sun, massive enough...
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    A white dwarf is a stellar core remnant composed mostly of electron-degenerate matter. A white dwarf is very dense: in an Earth-sized volume, it packs...
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  • planetary mass which is not gravitationally bound to any star or brown dwarf. Rogue planets may originate from planetary systems in which they are formed...
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  • Leo T is a dwarf galaxy situated in the Leo constellation and discovered in 2006 in the data obtained by Sloan Digital Sky Survey. The galaxy is located...
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    Dwarfism is a condition of people and animals marked by unusually small size or short stature. In humans, it is sometimes defined as an adult height of...
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  • An object with the spectral type L (also called L-dwarf) can be either a low-mass star, a brown dwarf or a young free-floating planetary-mass object. If...
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    Delorme P, Albert L, Forveille T, Artigau E, Delfosse X, Reylé C, et al. (July 2010). "Extending the Canada-France brown dwarfs survey to the near-infrared:...
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    deviating mass have also been assigned letters: D for white dwarfs and L, T and Y for brown dwarfs (and exoplanets). In the MK system, a luminosity class is...
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    WISE J031624.35+430709.1 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    T-class brown dwarfs known. In 2024 a T dwarf about 2 kpc distant, with a low-metallicity was discovered with the JWST. This brown dwarf is called JADES-GS-BD-9...
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    A black dwarf is a theoretical stellar remnant, specifically a white dwarf that has cooled sufficiently to no longer emit significant heat or light. Because...
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    S Ori 70 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    suggests that it is further away than expected if it were a single field T dwarf. The σ Orionis open cluster has been the focus of Osorio's team observations...
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  • Luhman 16 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    designated WISE 1049−5319 or WISE J104915.57−531906.1) is a binary brown-dwarf system in the southern constellation Vela at a distance of 6.51 light-years...
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    there are 131 confirmed objects: 70 dwarfs of type T and 61 dwarfs of type L. Of the candidate and confirmed brown dwarfs, 55 of them are closer to the solar...
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    A red dwarf is the smallest kind of star on the main sequence. Red dwarfs are by far the most common type of fusing star in the Milky Way, at least in...
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    Seven Dwarfs are fictional dwarfs in the 1812 fairy tale Snow White by the Brothers Grimm and other renditions and adaptations. The Seven Dwarfs live in...
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    2MASS J03480772−6022270 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    of the 2MASS Wide-Field T Dwarf Search in 2002. With a rotation period of 1.08 hours, it is the fastest-rotating brown dwarf confirmed as of 2022[update]...
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    SDSS J141624.08+134826.7 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    wide binary system of two brown dwarfs, located in constellation Boötes. The system consists of L-type component A and T-type component B. Component A was...
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    A dwarf galaxy is a small galaxy composed of about 1000 up to several billion stars, as compared to the Milky Way's 200–400 billion stars. The Large Magellanic...
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  • SCR 1845−6357 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    a low-mass red dwarf, while the secondary is a brown dwarf. It is among the nearest stars, as well as the nearest red dwarf-brown dwarf binary. The primary...
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    (January 2011). "Transiting exoplanets from the CoRoT space mission. XV. CoRoT-15b: a brown-dwarf transiting companion". Astronomy and Astrophysics. 525:...
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    A dwarf (pl. dwarfs or dwarves) is a type of supernatural being in Germanic folklore. Accounts of dwarfs vary significantly throughout history. They are...
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    Gliese 229 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    written as Gl 229 or GJ 229) is a multiple system composed of a red dwarf and two brown dwarfs, located 18.8 light years away in the constellation Lepus. The...
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  • 2MASS J09393548−2448279 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    two nearby T-type brown dwarfs, located in constellation Antlia at 17.4 light-years from Earth. 2MASS 0939−2448 was identified as a brown dwarf through analysis...
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    2MASS J15031961+2525196 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    discovered in 2003 by Adam J. Burgasser et al. in wide-field search for T dwarfs using the Two Micron All Sky Survey (2MASS). Originally the most precise...
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    ULAS J133553.45+113005.2 (category T-type brown dwarfs)
    ULAS J133553.45+113005.2 (also called ULAS1335) is a T-type brown dwarf in the constellation of Virgo. It was discovered in data from the UK Infrared Telescope...
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